Home
logo
English German French
language
Henri Bergson

Quote of Henri Bergson - To exist is to change, to...


Biography - Henri Bergson:

French philosopher.
Born: 1859 - Died: 1941
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.


Note 

Note





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.



Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



French
Exister consiste à changer, changer à se mûrir, se mûrir à se créer indéfiniment soi-même.

German
Existieren heißt sich verändern. Sich verändern heißt reifen. Reifen heißt sich selbst endlos erschaffen.

Italian
Esistere è cambiare, cambiare è maturare, maturare è continuare a creare se stessi senza fine.




See also 

See also...



Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is the constant.

Formation, transformation, The eternal mind's eternal recreation.




Quotes for: change


Quotes

Quotes about change:


The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.





Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.





To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.





but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.











Quotes for: existence


Quotes

Quotes about existence:


The universe confounds me! I cannot imagine that such a ‘clock’ can exist without there being a Clockmaker.





Existence precedes essence.





It is valid to conclude from actuality to possibility, but not from possibility to actuality.
 / 





My happiness should justify existence itself!





There are moments in life when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence immeasurably increased.





Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself; he is therefore nothing else than the ensemble of his acts, nothing less than his life.











Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes

Henri Bergson also said...


Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.





To choose, and therefore exclude.





All our analyses show us, in life, an effort to remount the incline that matter descends.





To act freely is to retake possession of oneself; it is to place oneself back in pure duration.





Consciousness is a link between what was and what will be; a bridge between the past and the future.





The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.












info   A quotation is a statement taken out of its context. Therefore, it is necessary to place any quotation within its author's work and its historical, geographical or philosophical context in order to fully understand its meaning. | The quotations stated on this site express their authors' opinion and do not reflect that of Buboquote.com


info   Image attribution:  title, author, license and source of the original file on Wikipedia. Modifications: changes have been made from the original file (cropping, resizing, renaming and color change).



logo

 Subscribe to the quote of the day email

Subscribe to the Quote of the Day to receive a quote every day in your inbox. It is spam-free and you can unsubscribe at any time. Subscribe to the quote of the day email